Allison Knight

The Lichen Guide can be downloaded (PDF, 107MB) in full colour here!

The new updated list of name changes is available here.

A5, 56 pp, full colour.

Published by the Botanical Society of Otago, using the Audrey Eagle Botanical Publishing Fund.

This introductory guide celebrates the extraordinary diversity of New Zealand lichens with full colour images of over 250 common lichen species, plus a glossary illustrating over 60 useful identifying features. Species are divided into 4 colour-coded ecosystems and displayed in order of the three main growth forms.

New Zealand is exceptionally rich in lichens and harbours around 10% of the world's lichen species. They are an important, yet often overlooked, component of every ecosystem from the seashore to the mountaintops and contribute over 1800 taxa to New Zealand’s biodiversity—nearly as many species as seed plants.

2022 reprint with updated names

(over 20% of the names have changed. Find the list of changes here.)

To purchase
Email bso@otago.ac.nz to tell us how many lichen guides you want and how you’d like to get them (pick up or mailed).

Cost $20/copy (for mailing within AoNZ add $5/copy for packaging and postage)

Pay by internet banking (preferred):
Account No: 03 0905 0029158 00
Code: Lichen guide
Reference: [your name]

For overseas orders contact the University Book Shop at Otago: enquiries@unibooks.co.nz